Through a series of weekly career coaching with several friends and colleagues it was common sense that movie related professionals, companies and opportunities would make themselves visible. All I had to do was focus on my love for presenting and writing about movies. And that's what I did.
Pecha Kucha Night Presentation
Synchronistically, two amazing opportunities came up quickly. First I was recently asked to give a Pecha Kucha Night presentation specifically on movies. These are unique slide presentations of 20 images at 20 seconds each. More than 220 cities around the world host these events. My presentation is called "15 Movies That Saved My Life This Year". More info: Click here
The Toronto Star Article
The second opportunity came when a journalist for The Toronto Star contacted me looking for a movie expert to provide thoughts about Gordon Gekko from the film Wall Street. I was thrilled to have been interviewed and the article was printed within 4 days! He found me because someone who knows about my movie blog recommended me. Read article (bottom of this link): Click here
Julie & Julia 2009
The movie Julie & Julia
is based on two true stories about two women who focus on their passion for food. It also provides exciting proof for being on the right track. Julie Powell (Amy Adams) is one of the stories who writes a blog about making a dish every night for a year from Julia Child's famed recipe book.During her mission to blog every day she began to build a following of dedicated readers sending her encouragement and feedback. Ultimately she was contacted by The New York Times and later published a best seller based on her blog and, of course, became a successful Hollywood movie.
When you find the courage to choose any career or life path there will always be proof you are on the right track. And when you focus on your passion the universe will always help you recognize the hidden opportunities to turn it into a fulfilling career.
Remember whatever you focus on expands. Let it be a path that excites you!
• Read part 1 of Proof You're On The Right Track: Click here
• More info on Pecha Kucha Night presentations: Click here
• Read The Toronto Star article featuring Emmanuel: Click here
Emmanuel Lopez-Motivatorman
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Motivational Speaker & Movie Blogger
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© Emmanuel Lopez 2010
A friend and I chose to see the movie at a theatre outside of Toronto so we left by car 90 minutes before the film start time. Unfortunately it was rush hour with multiple road repairs and a public event causing the traffic we were in.
and featured many scenes that made me crave a taste of ramen soup. Ramen is considered an art form in Japan and by the end of the movie I had to have some!
(1985). This is another food lover's movie and one of its main actors (Tsutomu Yamazaki) has a hilarious cameo as the grand master in 
It is an HBO TV movie and I felt compelled to write about it only when the DVD was released so it would be available for readers of this blog to see.
with several friends. Despite the negative reviews I found this movie to be one of the most powerful I've seen this year. In fact at the end and throughout the entire credits I couldn’t stop crying.
felt like a wild, hallucinatory experience. The movie is set entirely in my hometown of Toronto because creator Bryan Lee O'Malley wrote and illustrated the comic series when he lived here. Seeing familiar locations like Honest Ed's and Sonic Boom in the movie was a thrill. 
